Sophos Issues free Removal Tool for Sasser Worm

[Gordon Darling]

SOPHOS ISSUES FREE REMOVAL TOOL FOR SASSER WORM

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:44:08 +0100

SOPHOS ISSUES FREE REMOVAL TOOL FOR SASSER WORM

Sophos has released a free removal tool whichdisinfects
computers infected by the fast-spreadingSasser internet worm (W32/Sasser-A
and W32/Sasser-B).The Sasser worm does not spread via email, but exploitsa
critical security vulnerability in versions of MicrosoftWindows.If you are
infected by the Sasser worm and wish to downloadthe free removal tool, or
want more information about theMicrosoft security vulnerability it
exploits, visit:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/sasser.html


Regards
Gordon

 

[colinco]

.If you are
infected by the Sasser worm and wish to downloadthe free removal tool, or
want more information about theMicrosoft security vulnerability it
exploits, visit:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/sasser.html

Alternative resource
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

 

[Marc Liron MVP]

Alternative resource
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp

Hi,

With newer Sasser Worm varients appearing I also recommend you use a
Trojan Scanning
tool to make sure nothing elase has been placed on your PC.

Why?

The Sasser Worm did not have this as part of its code, HOWEVER the
newer varients could
be written to do more than the original worm!

A FREE online Trojan scanner is here:

http://www.trojanscan.com

More on the Sasser worm at:

http://www.sasser-worm.com

Kind Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
http://www.updatexp.com